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A Week With Ukraine’s Volunteer Fighters
These images document a week in the lives of the men in a volunteer nationalist battalion fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Week With Ukraine’s Volunteer Fighters
These images document a week in the lives of the men in a volunteer nationalist battalion fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. While many volunteer battalions were absorbed into the official Ukrainian military, some are still on the frontlines, operating in unofficial relationships with government forces. These men are...
Russia Still Sees Chance Of Summit On Ukraine Next Week
Russia says it still sees a chance of holding a four-way summit on the Ukraine conflict next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Separatists Clash With Government Troops In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops engaged in heavy exchanges of gunfire overnight with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern city of Maryinka. Machine-gun and mortar rounds pierced the night sky on October 11, where both sides have been holding their positions for months. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russians Detain Five On Terror Charges In Crimea
Crimean Tatars posted video on Facebook showing Russian police conducting house searches in Simferopol on October 12, in which five men were apparently arrested on terror charges. The incident comes amid ongoing reports of repression of the Crimean Tatar community. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Crimean Tatars Detained By Russia-Installed Security Forces
Several Crimean Tatars have been detained in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea region after Russian-installed security forces searched their houses in several villages. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Three Missing After Crane Sinks Near Russia-Annexed Crimea
Three members of a floating crane crew are missing after it sank near the Russia-controlled Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Tatar Leader Heads List Of EU Sakharov Prize Candidates
Crimean leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, Yazidi activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, and Turkish journalist Can Dundar have been named as the final candidates for the 2016 Sakharov Prize given annually by the European Parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pro-Russia Separatists Protest OSCE In Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have protested against the possibility of an international, armed monitoring mission in the area. Several thousand people in the separatist-controlled city of Luhansk gathered on October 10 to denounce the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …read...
Ukraine Detains Alleged Russian Spy
Ukrainian authorities say a Ukrainian citizen with permanent residence in Russia has been detained in the northwestern city of Rivne. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
